Savannah Tea House

I’m not a huge coffee drinker but I do enjoy a nice cup of hot tea.  While we were in Nashville we went to the Savannah Tea House. This tea room was featured in Southern Living magazine and was such a treasure! The cozy tea room is in an old historic house with lots of charm.  Reservations are definitely a good idea especially if you plan on going on Saturday. 

We had a blast picking out a hat or hair band to wear as well as what patterned tea cup and saucer to use.  We were overwhelmed with all the different tea choices and LOVED all the food.  The traditional high tea included a soup, salad, scones, finger sandwiches, and desserts.  We were stuffed with all the delicious and beautiful looking food!  The whole experience was just delightful and was a great place to take the time to visit with friends and linger over the food.

The Angry Pepper

While in Nashville visiting some friends I went to dinner at the Solairo Mexican restaurant in the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. 

The homemade guacamole was AMAZING!!! The fajitas I ate for dinner were delicious as well and came as a very generous serving.  Our waiter provided excellent service throughout the night including warning us about the “angry peppers” that were on our plates.  He said they were really spicy.  Well initially only two people in our group tried them.  One person made faces, the other started crying uncontrollably and tried eating and drinking different things to make the burn go away. 

Well one of my friends convinced me to try it with her.  All I needed was to take one bite.  The pepper wasn’t too bad initially and then all of a sudden I felt a delayed burn actually it was more like pain on my tongue.  I tried eating more tortilla chips, drinking coke, and some water.  I even tried chewing gum.  After almost crying and feeling like my mouth was on fire my tongue felt back to normal maybe an hour later.  But I did it... and survived to tell about it! 

The lobbies of the hotel are beautiful.  Filled with flowers, trees, waterfalls, walking paths and benches it was fun to just walk around, take pictures, and enjoy it.  The hotel has several other restaurants in their lobbies so next time I’m in town I might just have to try out another.

Paintball for the First Time!

For my first experience, my paintballing adventure with my friend in Nashville was perfect.  We went to a place called Nashville Paintball. The staff was great about explaining how to work the equipment and play the game.  There were two different courses, one set up with inflatable barriers and the other with wooden construction zone walls and old cars as barriers.  Although nervous at first more of the hits causing pain and leaving a bruise than anything else, we had a great time. 

I think it helped that we had a group of girls doing it for the first time together rather than throwing in some hard core experienced players with us.  As the rounds went on we got more and more daring and adventuresome.  We were so proud of ourselves for trying out this new experience and left without too many bruises!